Sheet-metal lead-keg.



C. STOLLBERG.

SHEET METAL LEAD KEG.

APPLICATION Hummm/1.19m

1 ,200263. Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES STOLLBERG, F TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO AMEBICANICAN COMPANY, OF

NEW YRK, N. Y., A CORPORTIN OF NEN JERSEY;

SHEET-METAL LEAD-KEG.

Application led July 1, 1913.

T0 all whom t may conce-rn Be it known that I, CHARLES SToLLBnRo, a citizen of the United States, residing in Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sheet-Metal Lead-Kegs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sheet metal lead.

kegs and is in the nature of an improvement of the lead keg disclosed in my copending application Serial No. v7&0880 on sheet metal lead ke s, iiled November 12, 1912.

An o ject of the invention is to ,provide a sheet metal lead keg such as ordinarily contain 5G or 100 pounds of White lead, which is rovided with a reinforcing orstrengtherung band on the bottom, the external diameter of which is substantially equal to the external diameter of the usual bead or roll formed on the top of the keg, whereby the kegs may be rolled in straight lines.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sheet metal lead keg having av reinforcing band of the type above indicated, so constructed that the band will not be torn ofi or stripped from the body member be cause of hard usage. As: is well known, sheet metallead kegs are ordinarily constructed to carry 50 or 10() pounds of White lead, and in transportation these lead kegs are roughly handled and freuently dropped and thrown around with t e result that the kegs will soon be knocked out,- of shape unless suitable reinforcing means are provided. A reinforcing roll or y bead is usually formed integrally with the body member at the top thereof, and in order to strengthen the lower portion of the keg I attach a strengthening or reinforcing band thereto, preferably by spot Welding, the hand being provided with an inwardly extendin rib or shoulder which abuts against t e bottom of the keg proper, the band being also provided with an outwardly turned bead of substantially the same outer diameter as' theouter diameter of the bead at the top of the keg,'to thereby enable the kegs to be rolled in a straight line.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a sheet metal lead keg embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a .horizontal section taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

n said drawing the body of the keg is des- Specication of Letters atent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

serial No. 776,789.

"which, as shown, is drawn seamless, .there is provided shoulder 12 against which abuts the upper edge of a reinforcing or strengthening band i3, the latter encircling.

the necked-in lower part of the body member 10 and preferably spot Welded thereto as shown at 14. The band 13, at its lower edge, is provided with an outwardly turned integral bead or roll 15, the outside diameter of which is substantially equal to the outside diameter of the bead or roll 11. Above the bead 15, the band 13 is provided with an inwardly extended, integral rib, flange or bead 16 which serves as an abutment shoulder against the bottom of the body member l0. The keg is provided with the usual cover 17, having lips 18 adapted to be bent around the bead l1 to secure the cover in place From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the abutment flange or rib liti serves to take up or absorb all the shocks on the bead l5, due to the keg being dropped or otherwise roughly handled, tbns relieving the' spot Welds from shearing strains end preventing the band from being displaced and pushed up over the shoulder i2. ln actual practice l have found that a reinforcing band constructed as l have hereinV described it and secured to the body proper of the keg in the manner described. will stand the rougl'iest treatment and the bead may be bent out of shape Without impniring the spot Welding or displacing the band from its normal position.

Although I have herein shown and de scribed what I now consider the preferred embodiment or' my invention, yet it will. be understood that various changes and modi icetions may be made without departing from the spirit of Vthe invention, and ell such changes and modifications are conterrplated as come within the scope of the claim appended hereto.

l claim:

A sheet metal lead keg of the character described comprising, in combination: a drawn, seamless body member having an integral bottom and provided with a strengthening head at its top end, said body being necked-in at the bottom thereof; and a lll) strengthening band permanently secured to the body member around the necked-in portion thereof, said strengthening band being provided with a bead of substantially the same diameter as the bead at the top end of the keg, whereby the keg is adapted to be rolled 1n a straight line, the said band being formed at the bottom end of said necked-in portion with an integral inwardl extended bead lying against the bottom o the body, and consisting of two members lying in contact one above the other.

CHARLES STOLLBERG. Witnesses:

WALTER H. BLANK, JOHN J. BILLMAIEP, 

